2 Thessalonians 2

Now we beseech you, brethren, ^aby the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by ^bour gathering together unto him, ²that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or ^cbe troubled, neither ^dby spirit, nor ^eby word, nor ^eby letter as from us, as that ^fthe day of Christ is at hand. ^3gLet no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, ^hexcept there come ⁱa falling away first, and ^jthat man of sin be revealed, ^kthe son of perdition; ⁴who opposeth and ^jexalteth himself above all ^lthat is called God, or ^mthat is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. ⁵ⁿRemember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? ⁶And now ye know what ^owithholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. ⁷For ^pthe mystery of ^qiniquity doth already work: only he who now ^oletteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. ⁸And then shall that ^jqWicked be revealed, ^rwhom the Lord shall consume ^swith the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with ^tthe brightness of ^ahis coming: ⁹even him, whose coming is ^uafter the working of ^wSatan ^xwith all power and ^ysigns and lying ^ywonders, ¹⁰and with all deceivableness of ^zunrighteousness in ^athem that perish; because they received not ^bthe love of ^zthe truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹And for this cause ^cGod shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe ^da lie: ¹²that they all might be damned who ^ebelieved not ^zthe truth, but ^fhad pleasure in ^zunrighteousness.

¹³But ^gwe are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, ^hbrethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath ⁱfrom the beginning chosen you to salvation ^kthrough sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: ¹⁴whereunto ^lhe called you by our gospel, ^mto the obtaining of the ^lglory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵Therefore, brethren, ⁿstand fast, and hold ^othe traditions which ye have been taught, whether ^pby word, or by ^pour epistle. ¹⁶Now ^qour Lord Jesus Christ himself, and ^rGod, even our Father, ^swhich hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting ^tconsolation and ^ugood hope through grace, ^17vcomfort your hearts, and ^wstablish you in every ^xgood word and work.

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